"as to" meaning in English

See as to in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} as to, {{en-prep}} as to
  1. With reference or regard to. Synonyms (with regard to): as for Translations (with reference or regard to): بِالنِّسْبَة إِلَى (alt: bi-n-nisba(t) ʔilā) (Arabic), بالنسبة لـ (benesba le-) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), килгәндә (kilgəndə) (Bashkir), килһәк (kilhək) (Bashkir), 至於 (Chinese Mandarin), 至于 (zhìyú) (Chinese Mandarin), 關於 (Chinese Mandarin), 关于 (guānyú) (Chinese Mandarin), over (Dutch), wat betreft (Dutch), mitä tulee (Finnish), koskien (Finnish), quant à (French), quanto a (Italian), co do (Polish), quanto a (Portuguese), что каса́ется (što kasájetsja) (Russian), en cuanto a (Spanish), enligt (Swedish), i enlighet med (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-as_to-en-prep-lcJmEJAJ Disambiguation of 'with regard to': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'with reference or regard to': 99 1
  2. According to; in a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion. Synonyms (according to): by Translations (according to): وَفْقًا لِـ (wafqan li-) (Arabic), وفقا لـ (wefqan le-) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), буйынса (buyınsa) (Bashkir), 根據 (Chinese Mandarin), 根据 (gēnjù) (Chinese Mandarin), 按照 (ànzhào) (Chinese Mandarin), naar (Dutch), volgens (Dutch), mukaan (Finnish), selon (French), secondo (Italian), według (Polish), segundo (Portuguese), по (po) (Russian), согла́сно (soglásno) (Russian), према (Serbo-Croatian), prema (Serbo-Croatian), en cuanto a (Spanish), según (Spanish), efter (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-as_to-en-prep-hyfLFgwG Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bashkir translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 38 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Bashkir translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'according to': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'according to': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: concerning, regarding Related terms: about, so as to
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "naar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "volgens"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "mukaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "selon"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "secondo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "według"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "segundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "po",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "по"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soglásno",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "согла́сно"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "према"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "prema"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "en cuanto a"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "según"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "according to",
      "word": "efter"
    }
  ],
  "word": "as to"
}

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